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And i'm not trying to suggest junking part or all of our strategy either. It's quite possible to bring players to do a medium term job to fill a gap while retaining your long term strategy. There are examples in the squad of this. In fact, it's my belief in our strategy that's informing my...

There's also a point about the way we play here. Unlike the Potter era, we're getting 4, 5 men in the box on counter attacks, then getting back to cover out of possession. We're pressing as a team for 90 mins. The full backs and midfielders are sprinting up or back down the pitch for the 90...

Again, completely and deliberately missing what i'm saying. They've all done brilliantly. My view is that recent evidence is that we've been asking too much of some players in our squad. You're right, they will feature again in a couple of days. There isn't really an alternative

It's less about replacing, more about right sizing. Having some contingency for the normal events you'll encounter in a football season. I can actually see both sides of it. Right sizing is far from an exact science, but what I do reject is that there seems to be a suggestion from some that...

Or you could look at it. Ferguson. At 18 years old we look nowhere near the team without him than we do with him, Welbeck, spent more of his career injured than fit and doesn't look near being able to play 90 mins. Mitoma, brilliant, but has been overused as we have no replacement and is now...

I'm not in that camp. I said something completely different. That the loss of Leo, combined with having lost Mwepu, left us vulnerable to a fixture pile up run of injuries or loss of form in attacking positions. Luckily loss of form hasn't happened, (and happily some young players have...

But it remains to be seen whether RDZ has played the formations he has because he got the player's he's got or that is actually the system he wants to play. We also have players who haven't fared as well with 4 at the back. Lamptey and to a lesser extent Webby. I personally think RDZ will...

It's looking like that isn't it. We retain +10 gd over them, so highly likely that as long as we can stay within 3 points of them, we can go there, beat them on the final day and take a precious league position above them. I actually think if we go there needing a draw, we won't get it. Go...

Well, squad size is about managing risks isn't it? The risk you'll have more games that you expect, or that they will be more concentrated than usual, or the risk that the injuries when they come will come to players you can't replace or will happen to players in similar positions at the same...

In my view, a conversation about squad depth is a legitimate one. The great majority here aren't trying to blame Bloom and I remember plenty at the time of selling Trossard were questioning whether we would have enough attacking players to get us through the season. I repeat, no blame to the...